Strathalbyn

17.4% of Strathalbyn's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

2,072 family households lived in Strathalbyn; 35.3% were couple families and 16.0% were one-parent families.

31.7% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Strathalbyn had 7,246 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.7% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Separate houses made up 93.2% of occupied private dwellings in Strathalbyn.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

40.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

39.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.7% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Strathalbyn had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 40.2%, while 20.3% had four or more usual residents.

8.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

67.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.

63.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.9% reported a different address.

12.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

93.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.2% of Strathalbyn's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.8% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.9% of ancestry responses in Strathalbyn.

Australian ancestry made up 40.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 12.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.7%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

27.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

52.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.3%.

Median household income was $1,254 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 8.9% in Strathalbyn, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 40.1% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 20.7% in Strathalbyn, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.